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  "description": "In a unanimous ruling rendered in expedited fashion, agency says Comcast not required to pay the full cost to replace poles owned Appalachian Power Company\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T13:46:47.000Z",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n****▪️Analyst Sees Leadership Stress within Verizon after Sampath Pushed Out**** ****▪️Democratic Senators Suggest Musk a Threat to U.S. NatSec**** ****▪️Washington Times Editorial: Ditch USF ‘High-Tech Boondoggle’**** ▪️****Carr Slams California’s New Lifeline Law in Letter to Cruz**** ****▪️Super Bowl: Levi’s Stadium Installed Dedicated Cyber Command Center**** ****▪️**** _****Policyband****_****likes New England over Seattle, 31-30.**** ****▪️Stop the Presses: Dying Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Could Have a Buyer**** ****▪️Nathan Leamer Vows to Expose Funders of Attack Ad on Carr**** ****▪️RIP Julie Veach, HWG LLP Partner and Former FCC official****\n\n**Comcast: The FCC on Thursday issued a pole attachment**order that could save ISPs a lot of money and speed broadband deployment. In a decision involving **Comcast** and **Appalachian Power Company** (APCO), the FCC said the ISP would not have to shoulder the full cost of a new taller or stronger pole “if APCO’s pole had a preexisting violation of safety or engineering standards requiring replacement.” The FCC gave an example in which Comcast would be responsible for paying $500 – the incremental cost – if APCO needed to pay $5,500 for a 50-foot pole rather than $5,000 for a 45-foot pole. (Comcast had argued that it should pay nothing.) “A key pillar of the FCC’s Build America Agenda is to unleash high-speed infrastructure builds. Too often, disputes between providers and pole owners are a significant obstacle in the way of that deployment,” said **FCC Chairman Brendan Carr**. In 2024, the FCC established the Rapid Broadband Assessment Team (RBAT) to speed the resolution of pole attachment disputes. ** _(More after paywall.)_**\n\nFCC Chairman Brendan Carr\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "FCC Pole Decision Should Clear the Way for ‘Faster, More Reliable Broadband,’ Chairman Carr Says",
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